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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in online learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Burkina Faso to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants need to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Intellectuals want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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